Deadly Surveillance (1991)

A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics trafficking--and the evidence he unearths seems ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Ziller

Writers:

Hal Salwen, Paul Ziller

Stars:

Michael Ironside, Christopher Bondy, Susan Almgren

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Ironside	...	Fender
Christopher Bondy	...	Nickels
Susan Almgren	...	Rachel
Vlasta Vrana	...	Palatzo
David Carradine	...	Lieutenant
Robert Ozores	...	Hector
Richard Zeman	...	Mehlman (as Richard Zeeman)
Chip Chuipka	...	Burglar (as Chip Ciupka)
George Buza	...	Coffee Shop Patron (as George Busa)
Doris Malcolm	...	Wrinkled Woman
Roland Nincheri	...	Bartender
Michael McGill	...	Michael the Junky
Norris Domingue	...	Proprieter
Irene Kessler	...	Old Lady on Bus
Tyrone Benskin	...	Pool Room Cop

Storyline

A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics trafficking--and the evidence he unearths seems to point at his partner's new girlfriend, who lives in the building where some of the murders took place.

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Plot Keywords:

cop | female stockinged legs | cocaine | drugs | woman takes off shoes | 

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Taglines:

Too provocative to resist. Too dangerous to ignore.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Den nakna sanningen

Filming Locations:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allegro Films, Cinetel Films, Westwind Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Before the film's climax, while chasing Rachel to the airport, Rick tells Eddie that Rachel's father was a cop, when he should have been referring to Carlos' father.

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Connections

Referenced in Scanner Force (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Drifting Away"
Performed by Doug and the Slugs
Words and Music by Doug Bennett
Courtesy of Ritdong Records

User Reviews

WITH CARE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER.

Detective partners with a metropolitan police department, played by Michael Ironside and Vlasta Vrana in this Canadian work made for cable television, answer a burglary-in-progress call, uncovering more than a routine break-in and are tasked to return to the same apartment building for a narcotic stakeout. At the center of the scenario is a discovery by Rick Fender (Ironside) that his former partner, Eddie Nickels (Christopher Bondy), is romancing an attractive blond (Susan Almgren) who is residing in the targeted flat. The erstwhile mates, no longer friends due to a shared problem with a former girlfriend, are ordered to cooperate with each other by their supervising lieutenant (David Carradine - customarily wooden and in this film also saddled with a motheaten role). Ironside plays against type as someone with whom we may sympathize, as he attempts to conjoin the pieces of a puzzle which may implicate Rachel, the paramour of Nickels, in an apparent illegal drug syndicate. Bondy gives a nicely coloured performance as a lover lost in a sea of ambiguity, anxious that Rachel may in fact not be whom she appears, which is the idea behind Fender's growing cynicism. This is the first produced script by Hal Salwen, who later wrote and directed the remarkable DENISE CALLS UP, but there is little room here for Salwen's native wit, although what there is raises the work's appeal in several instances. Both the director and the scriptor apparently have sparse knowledge of universal law enforcement procedures, a crippling shortcoming for a film postulated upon treatment of a police investigation.